Has anyone on the list ever taken this apart? I did see Harry's P-14
when it was in pieces (good testimonial for galvanizing), but the design
is very different. On mine, what looks like a bolt when viewed through
the slot (you can see some threads) is fiberglassed over with some
chopped-strand mat on both sides of the centerboard trunk. The bolt can
be "wiggled" so I'm quite sure that there isn't a watertight seal
anymore between the bolt and the centerboard trunk and I suspect that
some water (about half a pint per hour) is leaking through a crack or
opening in the "glassing over".
I'd like to rebuild this making sure that there is a good seal between
the pivot and the inside (water side) of the CB trunk. I don't like the
idea of water just sitting in the pockets formed by the glassing over of
the pivot.
I'd appreciate advice on what lurks under that fiberglass covering and
any improvements that might be made - I'd like to do this RIGHT so that
I only have to do it ONCE!
Thanks,
Dave Kautz
P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
Palo Alto, CA